kṣamā क्षमा (ā), f. patience, forbearance, indulgence (one of the sāmānya-dharmās i.e. an obligation to all castes, [Viṣṇ.]), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. kṣamāṃ √ kṛ, to be indulgent to, have patience or bear with (prati, [MBh. iii, 1027]; or gen., [Śāntiś.]) ‘Patience’ (personified as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Pulaha, [VP.]), [Hariv. 14035]; [Prab.] tameness (as of an antelope), [R. iii, 49, 25] resistance, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 33], Sch. (= 2. kṣám) the earth, [VarBṛS.]; [Pañcat.] &c. (hence) the number ‘one’ N. of Durgā, [DevīP.] the Khadira tree (Acacia Catechu), [L.] N. of a species of the Atijagatī metre N. of a female shepherd, [BrahmaP.] of a Śākta authoress of Mantras of a river (= vetravatī), [Gal.] for kṣapā́ (night), [L.] kṣamā́ (instr. of 2. kṣám, q.v.), ind. on the earth, on the floor g. svar-ādi [cf. Gk. χαμᾶ-ζε, χαμά-θεν.] kṣamā́ (f. of °má, q.v.) kṣamā́ &c. See √ 1. kṣam. kṣamābhṛt क्षमाभृत् kṣamā-bhṛt m. ‘earth-supporter’, a mountain, [Kād.] a prince, [Śiś. xix, 30.] kṣamābhuj क्षमाभुज् kṣamā-bhuj m. patient, [W.] (k) ‘earth-enjoying’, a prince, king, [W.] kṣamāvat क्षमावत् kṣamā-vat mfn. patient, enduring, forbearing, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. tame (as elephants), [MBh. ii, 1878] kṣamāśīla क्षमाशील kṣamā-śīla mfn. practising patience, patient, [MBh.] kṣamāśipha क्षमाशिफ kṣamā-śipha mfn. having patience as fibres (said of the tree of knowledge), [Bcar. xiii, 65]. kṣamācara क्षमाचर kṣamā—cará mfn. being in the ground or under the earth, [VS. xvi, 57.] kṣamākara क्षमाकर kṣamā—kara mfn. ‘one who has patience with any one or is indulgent’, N. of a Yakṣa, [Gal.] kṣamāpaṇa क्षमापण n. the begging pardon, [Bhām.] kṣamāpara क्षमापर kṣamā-para mfn. very patient, forbearing. kṣamāpati क्षमापति kṣamā-pati m. ‘lord of the earth’, a king, [Rājat. v, 126.] kṣamāpaya क्षमापय Nom. P. Ā. °yati, °yate, to ask any one's (acc.) pardon, [BhP. iv]; [v, 10, 16]; [ix, 4, 71.] kṣamātala क्षमातल kṣamā-tala n. the surface of the earth, ground, [Bālar. iii, 79.] kṣamāvatī क्षमावती kṣamā-vatī f. N. of the wife of Nidhi-pati. kṣamācārya क्षमाचार्य m. N. of a Śākta author of Mantras. kṣamādaṃśa क्षमादंश kṣamā-daṃśa m. Moringa pterygosperma, [L.] kṣamānvita क्षमान्वित mfn. endowed with patience, patient, forgiving (with loc.), [Mn. vii, 32], &c. kṣamāpanna क्षमापन्न mfn. = °mānvita. kṣamāvarta क्षमावर्त m. ‘whirlpool of patience’, N. of a son of Devala, [VP.] kṣamāyukta क्षमायुक्त kṣamā-yukta mfn. = °mānvita. kṣamātanaya क्षमातनय kṣamā-tanaya m. ‘son of the earth’, the planet Mars, [VarBṛS. vi, 11.] kṣamāṣoḍaśī क्षमाषोडशी kṣamā-ṣoḍaśī f. N. of wk. kṣamāśramaṇa क्षमाश्रमण kṣamā-śramaṇa m. a Jaina ascetic, [HPariś.] kṣamākalyāṇa क्षमाकल्याण kṣamā—kalyāṇa m. N. of a pupil of Jinalābha-sūri (who composed 1794 A.D. a Comm. on the Jīva-vicāra). kṣamāmaṇḍala क्षमामण्डल kṣamā-maṇḍala n. the orb, whole earth, [Prab.] kṣamāliṅgātmapīḍāvat क्षमालिङ्गात्मपीडावत् kṣamā-liṅgātma-pīḍā-vat mfn. (any legal affair) in which testimonies for patience practised and an estimate of one's damage or loss are given Comm. on [Yājñ. ii, 6.]